Katuria D'Amato says her estranged husband subjected her and their children to frequent verbal abuse. (David Wexler/For New York Daily News)

Ex-Sen. Al D'Amato's estranged wife took to the stand in their custody dispute Thursday to say he verbally abused her and their two children hours before police were called to their Long Island home to intervene in a domestic spat.

"Earlier in the night, he had been verbally abusive about me taking pictures of the moon on his phone," Katuria D'Amato said, referring to the Sept. 30 incident in Lido Beach, L.I.

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"He calls me the F-word, he calls me the C-word," she said in divorce court in Mineola, L.I. "I was concerned that when the cops woke him up, he was going to start screaming and cursing at me."

The 80-year-old former politician, once known as Senator Pothole, also called their son "a son of a b----," she testified. The incident at their home ended with her being taken away in an ambulance after she told police there were people in the home shining green lasers. Those people were looking to kidnap the family, she told cops, according to police testimony.

On Thursday, she denied saying anything about seeing green lasers, saying that was all started by her husband telling cops she took photos with his phone. "I took some pictures of the moon," she testified. "There were no lasers."

The former political bigwig is battling his estranged wife for continued custody of their two kids as their bitter divorce case trudges on in court.

Two days after the domestic dispute, he was granted custody of their two children, Alfonso, 9, and Luciana, 7.

Former New York Senator Al D'Amato (r.) is fighting for custody of the couple's two young children. (David Wexler/For New York Daily News)

In court, Katuria D'Amato, 50, testified that she never pulled out a 20-gauge shotgun after police came to the home — but she did have one on the premises.

She admitted that she called 911 when she saw a strange shadow in one of the surveillance cameras around 2 a.m. — but never spoke about carrying a weapon, she testified.

"The cops didn't ask about a gun," she testified. "They only asked me 45 minutes later and I pointed to the closet where it was locked away."

She told the judge that she had purchased that shotgun in 2014 as a safety measure because of her husband's fame.

On the stand, she struggled to sit still, blaming her Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and injuries she suffered in a car accident. She also frequently rambled on about unrelated matters, frustrating the judge.

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The hearing was ended in the early afternoon after she broke down in tears describing the verbal abuse.